Disabling Intel ME

This repository contains slides for the talk given at the PHDays VI conference in Moscow:

http://www.phdays.com/program/51879/

Contents

• ME: what is it?
• Why you might want to disable it?
• Intel ME vs. Intel AMT vs. Intel vPro
• ME structural block scheme and evolution
• Disable #1: DRAM_INIT_DONE
• Disable #2: flash region update facilitation mechanisms
• Disable #3: soft temporary disable
• Disable #4: ME runtime disable
• Disable #5: Disruption of the ME access path to UMA
• Disable #6: Corruption of ME flash region
• ME is not working, really?
• ME disable myths

Demo

ME disablement demo video.